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Proceedings, Second Mediterranean Conference on Marine Turtles, Kemer, 2005 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SECOND MEDITERRANEAN CONFERENCE ON MARINE TURTLES Kemer, Antalya, Turkey, 4-7 May 2005 Editors: Andreas Demetropoulos Oguz Turkozan Barcelona Convention – Bern Convention – Bonn Convention (CMS) April 2009 2 Proceedings, Second Mediterranean Conference on Marine Turtles, Kemer, 2005 Disclaimer The designations employed and the presentation of the material in this document do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the organizations involved in the organization of the Conference concerning the legal status of any State, Territory, city or area, or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of their frontiers or boundaries. The views expressed in this volume are those of the authors of each paper and do not necessarily represent the views of the above-mentioned organizations. This publication should be cited as follows: Demetropoulos A. and O. Turkozan (editors). 2009. Proceedings of the Second Mediterranean Conference on Marine Turtles. Barcelona Convention – Bern Convention – Bonn Convention (CMS). 188pp. PDF Version Copies of this publication can be freely downloaded from: http://www.rac-spa.org http://www.iucn-mtsg.org/regions/med/ http://www.seaturtle.org/documents/2nd_MedConf_Proceedings.pdf http://www.cms.int http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/cultureheritage/conventions/bern/ ISBN 978-9963-8928-2-2 3 Proceedings, Second Mediterranean Conference on Marine Turtles, Kemer, 2005 PREFACE In view of the success of the first conference on marine turtles, held in Rome in October 2001, and the growing interest in these animals and in their conservation, the Second Mediterranean Conference on Marine Turtles aspired to bring together again, biologists, conservationists, government administrators and other professionals from all Mediterranean countries involved in sea turtle research and conservation. The Second Mediterranean Conference on Marine Turtles was organised and funded by the Barcelona Convention (RAC/SPA, UNEP/MAP), the Bern Convention (Council of Europe) and the Bonn Convention (CMS/UNEP). The event was organised with the support of IUCN’s Marine Turtle Specialist Group (IUCN/MTSG - Mediterranean Region). The Host Organisation was the Ministry of Environment and Forestry of Turkey and the local facilitator was WWF-Turkey. The most recent scientific findings and developments associated with sea turtle research, management and conservation aspects in the Mediterranean region, were presented during this conference and many turtle issues were discussed, emphasizing the value of regional cooperation. Interactions of the kind facilitated by the conference, combined with the broad spectrum of issues covered by it, is a prerequisite to understanding and adopting sustainable solutions to the numerous contemporary problems that turtle research and conservation face. The conference took place at the Mirage Park Resort in Kemer near Antalya, from the 4 to the 7 May 2005. The general subject of the Conference was the biology and conservation of marine turtles in the Mediterranean. The programme was organised into five main thematic sessions: Session 1: Networking and Social Issues Session 2: Turtles at Sea Session 3: Nesting Populations Session 4: Ecology and Ecophysiology Session 5: Management and Conservation Four workshops were also held at the same time on the following themes: • Tagging Standardisation • Fisheries Interactions • Regional Red Listing • Education. Keynote presentations were made at the opening of the conference, after the opening speeches, and at the beginning of each thematic session. A number of other side events also took place during the conference, including a regional meeting of IUCN’s MTSG (by invitation), an after dinner presentation of short films, a discussion on Mediterranean networking and on “what next?” Each thematic session had a Chairman who guided discussions. The present volume contains all the contributions made during the conference. The volume is divided into the following sections: Introductory speeches, Key-note presentations and Oral and Poster presentations (not separated). Within each section the contributions are listed in alphabetical order, by author. The Conference Highlights which were adopted by the Conference are presented at the end of this volume before the Index to Authors. 4 Proceedings, Second Mediterranean Conference on Marine Turtles, Kemer, 2005 We are privileged to have undertaken the edition of the Proceedings. Our editing was minimal and has concentrated mostly on the appearance of the contributions. So the responsibility for the content falls on the authors whom we thank for their cooperation and patience. We also wish to thank Dimitris Margaritoulis for his kind advice and very valuable help during the preparation of these Proceedings, Michael Coyne for kindly hosting the pdf file at seaturtle.org and Simon Demetropoulos for editorial assistance. Andreas DEMETROPOULOS and Oguz TURKOZAN The Proceedings Editors 5 Proceedings, Second Mediterranean Conference on Marine Turtles, Kemer, 2005 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. ABOUT THE CONFERENCE …………………………………………… 14 2. INTRODUCTORY SPEECHES Barcelona Convention Secretariat Atef Ouerghi, UNEP/MAP Regional Activity Centre for Specially Protected Areas, Tunis THE ACTION PLAN FOR THE CONSERVATION OF THE MEDITERRANEAN MARINE TURTLES ADOPTED WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE MEDITERRANEAN ACTION PLAN (MAP) ………………………………………. 15 Bern Convention Eladio Fernandez-Galiano, Head of Natural Heritage and Biological Diversity Division, Council of Europe, Strasbourg, France THE BERN CONVENTION AND THE PROTECTION OF MARINE TURTLES IN THE MEDITERRANEAN ………………………………………………………… 16 UNEP/CMS Secretariat Marco Barbieri, UNEP/CMS Secretariat, Bonn, Germany THE ROLE OF THE CONVENTION ON MIGRATORY SPECIES (CMS) IN THE CONSERVATION OF MARINE TURTLES ……………………………… 17 3. KEY-NOTE PRESENTATIONS Ibrahim Baran RESEARCH AND CONSERVATION STUDIES ON MARINE TURTLES OF TURKEY …………………………………………………………….. 18 Andreas Demetropoulos and Myroula Hadjichristophorou THE CYPRUS TURTLE CONSERVATION PROJECT - 29 YEARS ON ………… 19 Filiz Demirayak CONSERVATION EFFORTS ON MARINE TURTLES IN TURKEY ……………. 27 Guner Ergun RESEARCH AND CONSERVATION STUDIES IN SPECIALLY PROTECTED AREAS DURING THE LAST FIVE YEARS ……………………… 28 Dimitris Margaritoulis THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA: A WORLD EXAMPLE OF REGIONAL COOPERATION IN SEA TURTLE RESEARCH AND CONSERVATION EFFORTS …………………………………………………………………………… 31 6 Proceedings, Second Mediterranean Conference on Marine Turtles, Kemer, 2005 Roderic B. Mast, Brian J. Hutchinson, Maria Fernanda Perez, Ben Best, Colette Wabnitz and Debra Fischman THE STATE OF THE WORLD’S SEA TURTLES (SWOT) 2004 …………………. 36 Jeffrey A. Seminoff IUCN RED LIST ASSESSMENTS OF MEDITERRANEAN SEA TURTLES: APPLICATION OF GLOBAL CRITERIA ON A REGIONAL SCALE …………… 37 M. Kemal Yalinkilic CONSERVATION MEASURES ON MARINE TURTLES IN TURKEY …………. 43 4. ORAL AND POSTER CONTRIBUTIONS Cemil Aymak, Serap Ergene Gozukara and Yakup Kaska REPRODUCTIVE ECOLOGY OF CARETTA CARETTA AND CHELONIA MYDAS DURING 2002 AND 2003 NESTING SEASONS IN ALATA, MERSIN, TURKEY …………………………………………………… 44 Cemil Aymak, Serap Ergene Gozukara, Yusuf Katilmis, Rasit Urhan and Askin Hasan Ucar INVERTEBRATE INFESTATION ON EGGS OF THE LOGGERHEAD TURTLE CARETTA CARETTA AND THE GREEN TURTLE CHELONIA MYDAS IN ALATA, TURKEY ……………………………………….. 44 Devrim Barcak, Ali Fuat Canbolat, Dogan Sozbilen and Fatih Ilhan IMPORTANCE OF MEDIA CO-WORK IN SEA TURTLE CONSERVATION SCHEMES …………………………………………………………………………… 45 Wafae Benhardouze, Mustapha Aksissou, Younes Saoud, Nadia Amajoud, Alvaro De Los Rios Y Los Huertos and Oscar Ocana SEA TURTLE STRANDINGS OFF THE NORTH-WEST COAST OF MOROCCO ……………………………………………………………………… 46 Wafae Benhardouze, Manjula Tiwari, Mustapha Aksissou and Matthew H. Godfrey CAPTURE OF SEA TURTLES IN THE FISHERIES AROUND TANGIER, MOROCCO ……………………………………………………………... 49 Flegra Bentivegna, Mariapia Ciampa, Giovanni De Martino, Fulvio Maffucci, Angela Paglialonga, Rosaria Scalesse and Sandra Hochscheid HEAVY BOAT TRAFFIC THREATENS LOGGERHEAD TURTLES IN SOUTH-WEST ITALIAN WATERS …………………………………………….. 50 Flegra Bentivegna and Gianluca Treglia EMBRYONIC ANALYSIS CONFIRMS: TRANSPLANTATION SAVED A RARE LOGGERHEAD TURTLE NEST ON THE TYRRHENIAN COAST …… 53 7 Proceedings, Second Mediterranean Conference on Marine Turtles, Kemer, 2005 Mohamed N. Bradai, Flegra Bentivegna, Imed Jribi, Ali El Ouaer, Kaouther Maatoug and Amor El Abed MONITORING OF A LOGGERHEAD SEA TURTLE, CARETTA CARETTA IN THE CENTRAL MEDITERRANEAN VIA SATELLITE TELEMETRY ……… 54 Juan A. Caminas, Jose C. Baez and Xulio Valeiras DIRECT MORTALITY ON MEDITERRANEAN LOGGERHEAD TURTLES. RESULTS OF THE SPANISH SURFACE LONGLINE FISHERY OBSERVATIONS …………………………………………………………………… 58 Juan A. Caminas and Felix Moncada THE SPANISH MARINE TURTLE TAGGING PROGRAM: INTERNATIONAL IMPLICATIONS FOR THE LOGGERHEAD STOCKS CONSERVATION ……… 61 Ozgun Emre Can and Ayse Oruc WHAT DO WE REALLY KNOW ABOUT CANID PREDATION IN MARINE TURTLE NESTING SITES IN TURKEY? …………………………….. 65 Ali Fuat Canbolat, Kerem Atatunc, Onur Candan and Devrim Barcak A NEW GREEN TURTLE (CHELONIA MYDAS) NESTING SITE IN THE MEDITERRANEAN: SUGOZU BEACHES, ADANA (TURKEY) ………………... 65 Ali Fuat Canbolat, Devrim Barcak, Fatih Ilhan and Dogan Sozbilen IMPORTANCE OF ACHIEVING PUBLIC AWARENESS AND PARTICIPATION IN SEA TURTLE PROTECTION SCHEMES; CASE STUDY: SUGOZU BEACH ………………………………………………… 66 Ali Fuat Canbolat and Abdullah Candan EVALUATION OF THE
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    An Evolutionary Solution of Terrestrial Isopods to Cope with Low

    © 2017. Published by The Company of Biologists Ltd | Journal of Experimental Biology (2017) 220, 1563-1567 doi:10.1242/jeb.156661 SHORT COMMUNICATION An evolutionary solution of terrestrial isopods to cope with low atmospheric oxygen levels Terézia Horváthová*, Andrzej Antoł, Marcin Czarnoleski, Jan Kozłowski and Ulf Bauchinger ABSTRACT alternatively represent secondary adaptations to meet changing The evolution of current terrestrial life was founded by major waves of oxygen requirements in organisms subject to environmental land invasion coinciding with high atmospheric oxygen content. change. These waves were followed by periods with substantially reduced Here, we show that catch-up growth is probably a further example oxygen concentration and accompanied by the evolution of novel of such an evolutionary innovation. Switching from aquatic to air traits. Reproduction and development are limiting factors for conditions during development within the motherly brood pouch of Porcellio scaber evolutionary water–land transitions, and brood care has probably the terrestrial isopod relaxes oxygen limitations facilitated land invasion. Peracarid crustaceans provide parental care and facilitates accelerated growth under motherly protection. Our for their offspring by brooding the early stages within the motherly findings provide important insights into the role of oxygen in brood brood pouch, the marsupium. Terrestrial isopod progeny begin care in present-day terrestrial crustaceans. ontogenetic development within the marsupium in water, but conclude development within the marsupium in air. Our results for MATERIALS AND METHODS progeny growth until hatching from the marsupium provide evidence Experimental animals for the limiting effects of oxygen concentration and for a potentially Early development in terrestrial isopods occurs sequentially in adaptive solution.